What was your name again?

Well, it's offical, I've become one of them.  You know, one of those mother's who can't keep their kids' names straight, yup, that's me!  I used to laugh at my MIL all the time and wonder why she'd always call everyone by the wrong name.  Turns out going from two to three kiddos causes a person to have amnesia or something because all week long, I've been calling my kids all by the wrong names!

In just a couple of days, my Livvie girl will be turning three weeks old and I'm already wondering to myself where I've been all this time!  Things have continued to go mostly smoothe over here in the transition of life with a new baby in the house.  The girls love their baby sister and sometimes a little too much.  I am constantly having to tell them to give Alivia her space and to "please get off your sister's face."  They can't seem to get enough of her and I'm glad that they're doing well adjusting to having another sibling.

This week I decided to start something new and instead of putting Alyssa down for naps, (which she seems to be outgrowing lately) I let her stay up and put Audrey down for a nap by herself.  During naptime, Alyssa and I have been having fun doing "learning time" and playing games like "Memory."  It's been a while since we've done any alone time activities together and I really think she's been enjoying herself.  I'm thinking that next week, I'll continue on with this new schedule but try to throw in a day or two of naps for Alyssa so that I can get a little nap in myself too!

Some of you have asked me how I've been doing and if I've been getting enough help.  The truth is, this week was a little rough.  On Monday, I took Alivia to her two-week check-up and decided to take all three girls with me.  I'm not quite sure why I thought I wanted to do that, but I did and found it to be extremely difficult.  The baby did wonderful, but it was just my big girls that weren't behaving.  At one point, Audrey was rolling around on the bench while we were waiting to be called back, and in the process, dumped several of her pretzals on the floor.  If that wasn't bad enough, she then tried eating the ones that had fallen on the floor!  I was so embarassed and looked like one of those moms, if you know what I mean.  I pretended to not feel the stares from the other parents sitting in the waiting room and tried to remind myself to take it easy.  After all, I'm new to this mom of three stuff and there will be many more instances that test my patience.  I just have to keep having to remind myself that it's okay to ask for help, and not feel guilty when I can't do certain things alone with all three girls.

Well, there's lots more I could probably go on about, but I think I'll stop here.  I've had a lot on my mind this week and I think it's just the fact that I'm still trying to process the whole "I just had a baby" kinda stuff.  In addition to that, Alivia's been jaundiced since a couple of days after she was born and it's still not gone yet.  She's also been starting to fuss more and has been spitting up a lot.  Both Alyssa and Audrey had GER, a.k.a. "reflux" and I'm praying this won't be the case for Livvie!  Audrey had it so bad that we actually thought she had colic when she was first born and had to be on meds until the time she turned one!  I've been stressing out a lot about these two things but I'm just praying all will be well with my girl.  If you wouldn't mind praying for her too, I would really appreciate it so much!

P.S.  I know I must sound like a broken record, but I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's been there for us these last few weeks.  If you've come to vist, sent us a card, or left us a message, please know that we appreciate you so much and we're so thankful to have you in our lives, whether we know you in person or not! :)